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Letters .Patent No.. 74,318, dated .February 11, 1868.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:'

' Be it known that I, ISAAC N. DEAL, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, and State of New YorlghaveV invented a new and'improved Olothes-Drier; and I do hereby declare that the following is full, clear,and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming'part of this specification.

This invention relates to a new and improved'method of constructing an apparatusfor the drying' oi'A clothes,

whereby the same maybe folded up, either in part or in the'whole, so as to be compact, and occupy less space than the elothes-driers now in use.

It consists of a centre stand, around which are arranged and to which are hinged any desired niimher of arms, in such way as that saidarmsfmay be folded up upon said centre stand; or it may. consist ot`.acentrepiece, y

not used as a stand, around which` are arranged andto which are hinged any desired number of arms, a foot or support being pivoted to the endsof said arms, in such a way as that said arms and foot may be folded upon said centre-piece, whereby the s'amevmay be made to occupy but small space.

The drawingl is-a front view of my invention, showing the arms open, and folded up or partly' foldedup. A is the centre-piece-er stand; a are the arms.; al are hinges, securing arms a to the centre-piece or stand- A; B are uprightsor supports connecting two of said arms a together, serving also Vas feet; e are pivots sereurf ing arms a to the uprights B; fare feeton centre-piece A; a2 is a hook, to h old the arms a-to the centre-piece A. The centre-piece or stand A'is made of wood, or other suitable material, either cylindrical or otherwiserin form, so as to receive any required number of radial 'arms a, as shown in the drawing, arranged at equal distonces apart around said centre-piece A. Said centre-piece A is supported by any convenient ,number of feetf, or the same may be without ysupports or feet. The centre-piece A may belet' any convenient size, to give the necessary strengthto support the 'arms a, according as the drier is to he used in the operi air or in the house. The arrasa may be made oi' wood, or other light material, of any desired number, arranged around tho centrepece A in pairs, as shown, tothe number of six or eight or more pairs. The arms a are placed one above the other, at any desired height above the feetf, one of each of the upper arms a, as shown in the drawing, and one of each ofthe lower arms a, being connected together at the outerends of said arms a, by a support, B, to which said support B, said arms a are Ypivoted by the pivots c, as shown in the drawing. The inner ends of the arms are secured to the centre-piece A by the hinges al, as shown in the drawing; the hinges on the upper arm a being set as much further to one side of a vertical line drawn through the lower hinges as the thickness ofthe upright B, and so as, when folded up, the uprights B will take position between the upper and lower arms a, as

shown in the drawing. Th uprights B are pivoted t0 both the arms a in pairs, upon the end of said arms a, on

the inside ofthe upper arm, and on the inside of the lower arm, as shown in the drawing, the object of which is that when folded up, the arms a and the uprights B will not i'old one upon the other, but will be side hy side against the centre-piece A, as shown. The uprights Bare made of wood, or. other light material, of alcngth nearly equal to that ot' the centre-piece A, above described. The entre-pieceA may be made without a foot, by putting fastenings upon the arms a, te prevent their folding up, the supports thus `becoming the feet or supports of the clothesdrier, or by a hook, a2, as shown.

The operation is readily seen from the drawing and above description.

Constructed as above described, it constitutes a light, neat, and convenient clothes-drier, to be used in the house or in the open air, the advantages of which are, that it maybe supported 4on feet attached te the centrepiece, or by the uprights themselves at pleasure, and that the same may be folded wholly or'in part, so as to occupy small space. p

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent#- 4 A clothes-drier, constructed as described, and consisting of the central upright A, "supports B, arms a, and hinges or pivots al, when the arms a are pivote'd to opposite sides of the supports B, and whenpthev hinges al, connecting cach of said arms a to the central post A, are not in the same vertical line, as described, and for l d. tie purpose speci e ISAAC N. DEAL.

Witnesses:

WM. F. MCNAMARA, ALEX. F. ROBERTS. 

